Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.
The Supreme Court improperly denied the plaintiff's motion to strike a jury demand filed by the defendant mortgagors Luis A. Turcios and Aurora Velasquez (hereinafter the defendants). Where, as here, a defendant interposes a counterclaim of an equitable nature related to a cause of action asserted in the complaint, the defendant thereby waives a jury trial on all causes of action...
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